Indian basketry, and How to make Indian and other baskets (1903)
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923, James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 · Glorieta, N.M., Rio Grande Press · leaf 135
withwhich objects of art are embellished. In enhancing beauty there are phenomena present in the art with-out mans volition that tend to suggest decorative conceptions a.nd giveshape to them. The latter class of features arise as a necessity of theart, they gradually come into notice and are seized… … FIG. 132. PERUVIAN WORK BASKET OF REEDS,WITH STRONGLY RELIEVED RIDGES. as a result of the intersections and other more complex relations, thebindings, of the warp and woof or of inserted or applied elements.And when color was applied to either warp or woof new conceptionsof design would arise…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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